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What role did RaĂșl Prebisch have at ECLAC?

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RaĂșl Prebisch prepared ECLAC’s first economic survey of Latin America in 1949. This report, titled The Economic Development of Latin America and Its Principal Problems, became known as the “ECLAC Manifesto” and helped establish ideas linked to Latin American structuralism. He then served as ECLAC’s executive secretary from 1950 to 1963. During that time, ECLAC became an important center for economic research and development policy in Latin America.